BREAKING: New Short Documentary ‘Biomass and BECCS, Climate Solution or Ec
Dear friends and followers of the Clean Air Committee,
New short documentary (12 min) can now be viewed online for free, via this link.
Netherlands number 1 importer of wood pellets
While the Dutch biomass-phaseout decision is exemplary in Europe, the Netherlands is still the EU’s number 1 importer of wood pellets, nearly all of them co-fired with coal, such as takes place in RWE‘s two Dutch coal-fired power stations.
Netherlands champion in industrial market for wood pellets in EU
The Netherlands is the primary EU industrial market for wood pellets. In 2023, the Netherlands imported 2.33 million metric tons (MMT) of wood pellets with a value of € 485 million. The United States is the top supplier to the Netherlands, with a volume of 1.55 MMT, and a value of € 330 million. The Netherlands is also the second largest destination for U.S. wood pellets, after the United Kingdom and surpassing Japan, Denmark, France, and Belgium. The wood pellets are used by Dutch power plants and cofired with coal.
Responsible decision makers
So lots of promising policy-level commitments for the future as done by the new government (Cabinet Minister-president Dick Schoof), but until the coal-and-biomass plants are actually shut down, we cannot let the energy companies, the energy lobby and those responsible for political decision-making, off the hook.
Documentary ‘Biomass and BECCS, Climate Solution or Ecological Disaster’?
In this short film, the Clean Air Committee (Comité Schone Lucht) provides an update of the last 6 years and discusses the problem with politicians, nature groups and the energy sector, following the documentary hashtag #WOODFEVER (Clean Air Committee, WATCH HERE 👉🏼 comiteschonelucht.nl/movie).
The first and second groups have put their heads above the parapet to keep biomass on the critical agenda, the latter continue to insist that we cannot do without biomass and BECCs to save the climate.
The one million dollar question
Crucial here is the question “Is biomass plus BECCS the long-awaited climate solution or is it a continuation of the ecological drama unfolding in forests worldwide?”
Check it out here and let us know what you think! 👇 🎬
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